_ and add @ pint of honey, half a pound of sugar candy, 
liquorice root pulverized, two ounces of shavings Hg 
handful of rue, three ounces of aniseed, figs and raisins, 
Ounces. Boil all the ingredients in one gallon of water to th 
quarts. Strain the decoction, and add a quart of honey anda pound 
_ Osugar. Simmer till it incorporates ; then put in a cool cellar for 
_ tse. “Dose, a gill every morning, and at bed time, fasting, = 
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A large draught of boneset tea, on going to bed. A little pepper- 
mint may be added, to prevent peep a ee : 
Or Indian turnip, a tea spoonful at a dose, and repeated tWo or 
three times, before going to bed. = es 
Or, buttermilk whey, hot, and sweetened with molasses. 
Or, brook lime, in decoction. This may be depended on for eer= 
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If the cough is severe, arid continues, slippery elm, or flaxseed tea 
thay be given, sharpened with vinegar. If it should not yield to this, a 
let the bowels be kept open, and give horseradish, scraped, in vines — 
gar, and sweetened with honey. 3 
Or, a syrup of common turnips, sliced and baked in molasses, of 
honey, a table spoonful four or five times a day. 
Two parts of gaflic, and one of rue, steeped in vinegar, and sweet- 
ened withhoney. A teaspoonful may be taken, after every coughing. 
A table spoonful each of wheat bran, and flaxseed ; four ouncesof 
taisins, and a lemon, sliced, all infused in a quart of boiling water, to 
which add sugar. Dose, a wine glassful three or four times a day. 
Liquorice, slippery elm, Indian turnip anid elecampahe—make a 
syrup. ‘Take three times a day. ae 
For the whooping cough.—T ake equal parts of liquorice, sulphur, 
fresh butter, and spermaceti. “ae 
- Or, pine boughs, winter gteen, and sweet oil. 
For cough and asthma.—Take balrti of gilead buds, tinctured ist 
spirits. 2 Pe 
Or, coltsfoot, spikenard, and balm of gilead.  — : 
a Cough.—Honey, hoarhownd, liquorice and slippery elm, 
cough and pain in the stomac Nn Take a ted cupfal of hard 
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